Sri Chinmoy and his students visit Old Mill Farm in Harrison, NY, USA,  for a Joy Day that includes meditations and other spiritual activities such as singing and plays.

The Rockland County Times reports on a  50-mile run held on a looped course around Rockland Lake in Congers, NY, USA. Several hundred of Sri Chinmoy’s students take part in the event —starting at 9 p.m. on 26 August and finishing early the next morning on 27 August — to honour their spiritual teacher’s 50th birthday

Sri Chinmoy plays tennis with and lifts Ramesh Krishnan, India’s no. 1 tennis champion, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation at the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Walk in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts numerous people, including Troy Fidler, Australian Male Triathlete of the Year, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Nine-time track and field Olympic gold medalist Sudhahota Carl Lewis visits with Sri Chinmoy at Aspiration-Ground, in Jamaica, NY, USA. The  is accompanied by Jeffrey Marx, his literary collaborator.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Mall Gallery in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk, entitled ’All the Branches of the Life-Tree’, at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York,NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy competes in the shot put, javelin and discus, as well as the 100-metre race at Sports Day in New York, NY, USA.